A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.